Baseball Cigar Label Coasters, Set of 4

Tobacco and baseball were inextricably linked in the formative years of the game. Players and fans alike were consumers of cigarettes, cigars, snuff and chewing tobacco, and companies used the popularity of the sport, the fame of the players and the allure of collecting to their advantage.

Baseball cards with images of more than 100 major leaguers were included in cigarette packages and marketed nationally as collectibles. Honus or Hans Wagner appeared not only on a rare tobacco baseball trading card but also on cigar box labels.